Climate Policy Engagement Analysis
Climate Policy Engagement Overview: Federation of Indian Petroleum Industry (FIPI) showcases limited engagement on climate policy. FIPI demonstrates high-level support for climate action and emissions trading, but on the energy transition it advocates for expanding fossil gas production and consumption in India.
Top-line Messaging on Climate Policy: FIPI appears to have limited, albeit positive, positions on top-line communications relating to climate change policies. The association clearly acknowledged the science of climate change in its January-March 2022 Journal publication. On its corporate website, in June 2023, FIPI stated support for initiatives to help India meet its 2070 net zero emissions target. However, in its October-December 2022 Journal, the association appeared to emphasize balancing the country’s growing energy requirements with meeting the target. FIPI also appeared to support carbon pricing mechanisms as a form of climate policy in its January-March 2022 Journal publication.
Engagement with Climate-Related Regulations: FIPI’s engagement on climate-related policies appears to be limited. The association is broadly supportive of the creation of an Indian carbon market, including on its corporate website in October 2023. Further, in a speech delivered in January 2025 during an industry event, a senior official acknowledged the valuable role of carbon credits in the fight against climate change. Aside from carbon markets, FIPI Director General Gurmeet Singh appeared to support the PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana in his editorial in the Journal in January 2025. Launched in February 2024, the scheme subsidizes rooftop solar installations. In the same editorial, he also appeared to support India’s target of achieving 500 GW of renewable energy by 2030, calling India a “global lighthouse of sustainable development.
Position on Energy Transition: FIPI’s engagement with the energy transition appears to be predominantly negative, advocating for the long-term role of fossil fuels. In his January 2025 editorial, Singh supported the recent Oilfields (Regulation and Development) Amendment Bill (2024), stating that it provides “policy stability” for oil and gas explorers. The aforementioned bill amends the existing laws to expand oil and gas production in the country. Further, in its 2021-22 Annual Report, FIPI detailed its submission on “Early Exploitation of Unconventional Hydrocarbons in India'' in which the association appeared to advocate for new fossil gas infrastructure. In the same report, FIPI detailed its submission to the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, in which it advocated for the long-term role of fossil gas alongside renewables. Similarly, the same report detailed another submission in which FIPI advocated for liquefied natural gas (LNG) to decarbonize the transport sector.
FIPI is also vocal about expanding green hydrogen production in India. On its corporate website, in June 2023, the association stated support for India's National Green Hydrogen Mission, which includes policy measures to support the development of green hydrogen. FIPI also advocated for a range of supply and demand-side measures to promote the role of green hydrogen in its August 2023 Hydrogen Market Report. However, in this the association appeared to advocate for blending fossil gas and hydrogen.
FIPI, on occasion, has also advocated for increased efforts on renewable energy and electric vehicles development, including by director general Gurmeet Singh in FIPI’s April–June 2022 Journal. Singh also supported measures taken by the government of India to increase the production of electric vehicles in FIPI’s January-March 2023 Journal. In its February 2025 Policy and Economic Report, it also appeared to support the various policy incentives under the union budget 2025-26 to develop nuclear energy, as well as the target to acheive 100 GW of nuclear power capacity by 2047.
InfluenceMap collects and assesses evidence of corporate climate policy engagement on a weekly basis, depending on the availability of information from each specific data source (for more information see our methodology). While this analysis flows through to the industry association’s scores each week, the summary above is updated periodically. This summary was last updated in Q2 2025.
Additional Note: FIPI is headquartered in India, where InfluenceMap’s LobbyMap platform can currently only make a provisional assessment of corporate climate policy engagement, due to limited capability to access publicly available data on this issue. As it is possible that InfluenceMap is not yet able to fully capture evidence of FIPI’s climate policy engagement activities, these scores should be considered provisional at this time.